02539nam 2200553 450 991055421370332120211222173140.01-5017-1573-910.1515/9781501715747(CKB)4100000011960977(MiAaPQ)EBC6349920(DE-B1597)571912(DE-B1597)9781501715747(StDuBDS)EDZ0002656457(OCoLC)1256802095(EXLCZ)99410000001196097720210630d2021 fy| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierOil money Middle East petrodollars and the transformation of US empire, 1967-1988 /David M. Wight[electronic resource]Ithaca :Cornell University Press,2021.1 online resource (360 pages)The United States in the worldCornell scholarship onlineAlso issued in print: 2021.1-5017-1574-7 1-5017-1572-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter --Contents --Acknowledgments --List of Abbreviations --Introduction --1. Oil, US Empire, and the Middle East --2. The Road to the Oil Shock --3. Pursuing Petrodollar Interdependence --4. The Triangle to the Nile --5. The Petrodollar Economy --6. Visions of Petrodollar Promise and Peril --7. Reform and Revolt --8. Revolution and Invasions --9. Recoveries and Crises --10. End of an Era --Conclusion --Notes --Bibliography --IndexIn 'Oil Money', David M. Wight offers a new framework for understanding the course of Middle East-US relations during the 1970s and 1980s: the transformation of the US global empire by Middle East petrodollars.United States in the world.Cornell scholarship online.Petroleum industry and tradePolitical aspectsUnited StatesForeign economic relationsMiddle EastMiddle EastForeign economic relationsUnited StatesUnited StatesEconomic conditions1945-Middle EastEconomic conditions1945-Petroleum industry and tradePolitical aspects.338.2728Wight David M.1985-1218546StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910554213703321Oil money2817930UNINA